TY - BOOK AU - Beşikçi,Mehmet TI - The Ottoman mobilization of manpower in the First World War: between voluntarism and resistance T2 - The Ottoman Empire and its heritage : politics, society and economy, SN - 9789004235298 AV - D524.7.T8 B47 2012 U1 - 940.3/56 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Turkey KW - Ordu KW - Mobilization KW - History KW - 20th century KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Social aspects KW - Authoritarianism KW - Nationalism KW - Politics and government KW - 1909-1918 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material; Mehmet Beşikci --; Introduction; Mehmet Beşikci --; 1. Organized Spontaneity: The Call to Arms in the Ottoman Public Sphere on the Eve of the War; Mehmet Beşikci --; 2. Conscription under Total War Conditions; Mehmet Beşikci --; 3. Volunteerism as a Relationship of Power: Volunteers in the Ottoman Army; Mehmet Beşikci --; 4. Young Boys into Soldiers, the Home Front into Barracks: Attempts at Permanent Mobilization through Paramilitary Youth Organizations; Mehmet Beşikci --; 5. The Limits of Ottoman Manpower Mobilization: The Problem of Desertion and Attempts to Remobilize; Mehmet Beşikci --; Conclusion; Mehmet Beşikci --; Bibliography; Mehmet Beşikci --; Index; Mehmet Beşikci; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - The Ottoman Mobilization of Manpower in the First World War offers a multi-faceted story of how the Ottoman Empire tried to cope with the challenges of permanent mobilization under total war conditions which reshaped state-society relations. By focusing mainly on Anatolia and the Muslim population, Mehmet Beşikçi argues that the conditions of mobilization pushed the Ottoman state to become more centralized, authoritarian and nationalist, but the increasing dependence on people paradoxically also enlarged their space of action vis-à-vis state authority. The book demonstrates that people’s responses to the state’s needs constituted a wide spectrum ranging from voluntary support to open resistance such as desertion. In turn, the state responded by revising its mobilization policies and reformulating new mechanisms of control at the local level UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004235298 ER -